When the sheep have grazed and thinned the grass in the lower regions, the shepherd will take a little lamb in his arms, carry it up the mountain where the grass is green, lay it down, and soon the other sheep will follow.

Every now and then our Lord takes a lamb from the parched field of a family up to those heavenly green pastures, that the rest of the family may keep their eyes on their true home and follow through.

Fulton Sheen